Coinminer.Win64.CRYPTONIGHT.AT

This Coinminer arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It does not have any file infection routine.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

Arrival Details

This Coinminer arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Infection Points

This Coinminer does not have any file infection routine.

Propagation

This Coinminer does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Coinminer does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Coinminer does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Coinminer does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Coinminer does the following:

• Connects to the following URL to download its configuration for cryptomining activities:
  • https://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.25.202

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

It accepts the following parameters:

• -a, --algo=ALGO cryptonight (default) or cryptonight-lite
  -o, --url=URL URL of mining server
  -O, --userpass=U:P username:password pair for mining server
  -u, --user=USERNAME username for mining server
  -p, --pass=PASSWORD password for mining server
  -t, --threads=N number of miner threads
  -v, --av=N algorithm variation, 0 auto select
  -k, --keepalive send keepalived for prevent timeout (need pool suppt)
  -r, --retries=N number of times to retry before switch to backup seer (default: 5)
  -R, --retry-pause=N time to pause between retries (default: 5)
  --cpu-affinity set process affinity to CPU core(s), mask 0x3 for ces 0 and 1
  --cpu-priority set process priority (0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest
  --no-huge-pages disable huge pages support
  --no-color disable colored output
  --variant algorithm PoW variant
  --donate-level=N donate level, default 5% (5 minutes in 100 minutes)
  --user-agent set custom user-agent string for pool
  -B, --background run the miner in the background
  -c, --config=FILE load a JSON-format configuration file
  -l, --log-file=FILE log all output to a file
  --max-cpu-usage=N maximum CPU usage for automatic threads mode (defau 75)
  --safe safe adjust threads and av settings for current CPU
  --nicehash enable nicehash/xmrig-proxy support
  --print-time=N print hashrate report every N seconds
  --api-port=N port for the miner API
  --api-access-token=T access token for API
  --api-worker-id=ID custom worker-id for API
  -h, --help display this help and exit
  -V, --version output version information and exit

It does not exploit any vulnerability.